Sharp HealthCare

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit integrated regional health care delivery system located in San Diego. Sharp includes four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, two affiliated medical groups and a health plan. Sharp operates 2,100 beds, has approximately 2,600 physicians on medical staffs, more than 1,000 physicians in affiliated medical groups and more than 16,000 employees.

Awards

In November 2007, Sharp HealthCare was awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Sharp was one of five organizations to receive the award, which is the nation’s highest Presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence.

Sharp was the first health care provider in California and the eighth in the nation to receive this recognition.

Other awards bestowed on Sharp HealthCare include:

• In 2013, Sharp was awarded nine Guardian of Excellence Awards and four Beacon of Excellence Awards from the Press Ganey organization for achievement in a range of quality measures.
• Sharp HealthCare ranked in 5th place in the large company-size category of California's Best Places to Work program
• Sharp HealthCare named one of the nation's "Most Wired", according to the results of the 2013 Most Wired Survey in Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
• Sharp HealthCare is named one of the best places to work in information technology in 2013 (Sharp ranked sixth).